I think the whole issue should be more discussed so let's gather ideas in the thread you mentioned. For the moment just to note I've got further doubts:
- Soutern Cappadocia is now around Malatya, on the eastern side of the Antitaurus. I don't think it's the proper name since Cappadocia were on the western side of the mountais, it was the Halys basin area. Eg. in the Broken Crescent this part is called Lesser Armenia (which I also
have doubts). Commagene would be more pertinent I think (but I'm not certain).
--- the central part of the current SSHIP province
Lycia is made out of the historical
Pamphylia while spreading west to Lycia and east to some parts of Rough Cilicia / Isauria. I'm not sure about the use of "Pamphylia" term in 12th century, but at the moment it sounds right to me. In the Roman times there're was a province "Lycia and Pamphylia" here (although for a short time). Lycia was in fact just a small hilly land with some rivers and some towns sitting on them. I don't think we should use it in SSHIP for such a vast province.
--- there's not Pontus province in SSHIP. I believe the term was used extensivelly in the Middle Ages. There's Chaldia province with Trebizon, I've got no clue about, so I cannot tell. I assume it's right but one may reflect upon. In the Ancient times the Northern Cappadocia was called Kapadokia Pontika what then transformed into Pontus. In the late antiquity it was supposed to be on the coast, so I thought that the coast with Trebizond would be called Pontus. Again. I'm still not firm on it.
Initial thought is that we may replace names:
--- Pamphylia (Konya) with Lycaonia,
--- Lycia (Attaleia) with "Lycia and Pamphylia" or "Pamphylia"
--- Lycaonia (Kayseri) with Southern Cappadocia,
--- Souther Cappadocia (Malatya) with something different (Armenia Minor, Commagene or simply Malatya)
/Pro memoria: there's a city on the Euphratus/Firat called in arabic Qualiquala, armenian Karin, turkish Erzurum, greek Theodosiopoulis. I wonder which of these names should be used in the SSHIP. Now it's Qualiqala which seems to be right in 7-10 century, but perhaps not later on. It got its Turkish name after the invasions following the battle of Mantzikert (
see here, but've read it elsewhere). It seems to me that in the SSHIP it should be Erzurum while playing the Turks and Karin while playing Geogria and Theodosioupolis while playing Vasileia ton Hromaion or Kiev./
Anyway, create the thread and maybe some other people (Giorgios? Antonisilus?) would have ideas. We need a discussion, like we had on HRR provinces.
BTW - Rum in the High Era campaign (1236) is overpowered: it has 8 very developed provinces. Close to that moment it should also have a gigantic Mongol army at the gates (to be defeat Rum at Kose Dag 1243). I think in the SSHIP the Mongols come later in the High Era (I don't know how it's going) so we need to make the life of Rum harsher with the other means. It would be strange to have smaller and less developed settlements in the high era than in the early era though. So - Carthaginem delendam esse - I think that Konya should be nerfed much in the early campaign, and the game balance in 1132 should be restored through other means (like additional nomad army ready to take over more lands? This would be more historical and would leave the player space to develop this land during his own game, not be given with a 70k, 50k, 40k settlements...